Banks close 2025 with strong profits, higher lending – LinkedIn

American Banker American Banker In-depth analysis, perspective and commentary on key issues affecting the banking industry. Published Feb 25, 2026 Sign up here to receive American Banker’s complete Bankers’ Hours newsletter — delivered to your inbox every morning. Trump talks housing, affordability at State of the Union Can Trump fire nearly all CFPB staff? Appeals court isn’t sure Sign up here to receive American Banker’s complete Bankers’ Hours newsletter — delivered to your inbox every morning. Do you know what Gen AI is saying about your bank? For years, if someone wanted to find out about a bank, they would Google it. And this still happens today. But increasingly consumers are consulting generative AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. What they’re getting back from the AI is not always what bankers hope . Crypto.com gets conditional approval for national trust charter Sign up here to receive American Banker’s complete Bankers’ Hours newsletter — delivered to your inbox every morning. Like Celebrate Support Love Insightful Funny Comment Looks like banks had a fantastic end to 2025! Higher lending and stable credit conditions – that’s a win-win for everyone. Now, if only my own lending to my snack stash was
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